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Tip Sheet: Opportunity Knocks
Date: October 1, 2008
With accurate information and adequate support, young people can make healthy and responsible decisions about having sex and using contraception. Adults can be most effective by providing the information and support needed to promote responsible decision-making in youth and help ensure transition to adulthood is safe and healthy. In addition to this tip sheet, a complete presentation design is available, for…
Citation: Healthy Teen Network & Association of Reproductive Health Professionals. (2010). Tip sheet: Opportunity knocks: Using teachable moments to convey safer sex messages to young people. Baltimore: Author.
Read more DownloadTip Sheet: Referrals and Linkages to Youth-Friendly Health Care Services
Date: October 1, 2014
Youth-friendly health care services are those that attract young people, respond to their needs, and retain young clients for continuing care. Youth-friendly services are based on a comprehensive understanding of what young people want and need (rather than being based only on what providers believe youth need). Adolescents are often reluctant to seek health care…
Citation: Garrido‐ Fishbein, M. & Banikya‐Leaseburg, M. (2014). Tip Sheet: Referrals and linkages to youth-friendly health care services. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Adolescent Health. http://www.healthyteennetwork.org/tip-sheet-referrals-linkages-youth-friendly-health-care-services/
Read more DownloadTip Sheet: What’s going on in the classroom? Assessing the Implementation of Sexuality Education
Date: February 3, 2015
If your aim is to improve the quality of sexuality education in schools, one of your top priorities is likely to be to provide a high quality curriculum or set of lesson plans. You’ll also want to know how the lessons are being implemented in the classroom. This resource provides tips for assessing the implementation…
Citation: Sedivy, Valerie. (2015). What’s going on in the classroom? Tips for assessing the implementation of sexuality education. Baltimore: Healthy Teen Network.
Read more DownloadTip Sheet: Working with School Health Advisory Committees (SHACs)
Date: November 14, 2016
A school health advisory committee (SHAC) is any group that advises on school health. SHACs might go by other names, such as “school health teams” or “wellness councils.” Often based at the district level (though sometimes at the school or state levels), these committees are not part of the administrative structure and have no legal…
Citation: Suggested Citation: Sedivy, V (2016). Tip sheet: Working with School Health Advisory Committees. Baltimore: Healthy Teen Network.
Read more DownloadTip Sheet: Youth 360°: How & Where Youth Live, Learn, & Play Matters
Date: October 14, 2014
The Social-Ecological Health Promotion Model & Social Determinants of Health This two-page resource provides a brief overview of the interrelated spheres of health (individual, relationship, community, and society) in the Social-Ecological Health Promotion Frame and the Social Determinants of Health that influence individual behavior and health outcomes. Healthy Teen Network promotes the social-ecological health promotion…
Citation: Healthy Teen Network. (2014). Youth 360°. How & where healthy youth live, learn, & play: The social-ecological health promotion model & social determinants of health. Baltimore, Maryland: Banikya-Leaseburg, M., Desiderio, G., Garrido-Fishbein, M. & Martínez-García, G.
Read more DownloadTool: Instructor Competency Assessment
Date: November 19, 2014
The Instructor Competency Assessment Tool is a needs-assessment instrument designed to help you plan professional development (PD) for instructors teaching sexuality education. The tool summarizes key competencies instructors need, and asks them to rate their comfort and capability within each competency. Click here to download the tool in Word format so that you can modify it…
Citation: Healthy Teen Network. (2014). Instructor Competency Assessment Tool. Baltimore: Author.
Read more DownloadTool: Instructor Interview
Date: May 20, 2015
This tool is designed to help you learn more about sexuality education implementation in the classroom by conducting interviews with instructors. It is designed to be administered at any time after instructors have implemented a set of lessons. (Related resource: What’s Going on in the Classroom?)
Citation: Healthy Teen Network. (2015). Instructor Interview Tool. Baltimore: Author.
Read more DownloadTool: Instructor Observation
Date: May 20, 2015
This tool provides examples of skills instructors need to deliver sexual health education effectively, as described in the National Teacher Preparation Standards. (Related resource: What’s Going on in the Classroom?)
Citation: Healthy Teen Network. (2015). Instructor Observation Tool. Baltimore: Author.
Read more DownloadTool: Program Fit
Date: July 10, 2012
Fit refers to how well the program matches, or is appropriate for, the community, organization, stakeholders, and potential participants (i.e., youth). This tool supports assessing programs for fit. Read more about fit in the Evidence-Based Resource Center.
Citation: Desiderio, G. & Garrido-Fishbein, M. (2012). Tool: Program Fit Checklist. Baltimore: Healthy Teen Network.
Read more DownloadTraining & Support: Evidence-Based Programs & Curricula
Date: February 4, 2020
